The Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021

Information on persons and dangerous goods on board a launch vehicle following a spaceflight accident

8.—(1) The spaceflight operator responsible for a launch vehicle involved in a spaceflight accident must provide to the Chief Inspector—

(a) within two hours of the time at which the spaceflight operator became aware of the occurrence of the spaceflight accident, a list of all persons on board the launch vehicle, and

(b) immediately after the spaceflight operator becomes aware of the occurrence of the spaceflight accident, a list of all dangerous goods on board the launch vehicle.

(2) The spaceflight operator must also make the lists referred to in paragraph (1) available to—

(a) the authority designated by the Secretary of State to liaise with relatives of the persons on board, and

(b) where necessary, to medical units which may need the information to enable them to treat the victims.

(3) The list referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must be treated as confidential information, and the name of a person on board a launch vehicle may not be publicly disclosed unless the person appearing to SAIA to be the closest relative of the person on board—

(a) has been informed by the relevant authorities, and

(b) has not objected to that disclosure.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), “dangerous goods” means any article or substance which is identified as such in the 2021–2022 English language edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air(1), approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

(1)

ISBN 978-92-9258-946-2. The Technical Instructions can be purchased from: ICAO (https://store.icao.int/); Labeline, Midas House, Chivenor Business Park, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 4AY (http://www.labeline.com and T: 0870 850 5051); and Freight Merchandising Services Limited, Unit 383, Sykes Road, Slough Trading Estate, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4SP (http://www.fmslondon.co.uk and T: 01784 240840).